Mayday: Air Disaster
The crash of Air France Flight 447 launched one of the toughest disaster investigations of all time.
The crash of Air France Flight 447 launched one of the toughest disaster investigations of all time.
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Critical mistakes in the cockpit cause three planes to fall out of the sky.
A Russian-made super jet slams into an infamous mountain in Indonesia.
Three flights suffer catastrophic computer errors.
Blanketed by confusion and heavy fog, a DC-9 ends up directly in the path of an oncoming 727.
A fast spreading fire damages systems causing Swissair Flight 111 to crash into the Atlantic.
When decisions are made in the heat of the moment, even minor issues can turn deadly.
Struck by lightning, a high-tech turboprop narrowly averts disaster over the North Sea.
A missing pilot played a role in a 1996 collision between United Express 5925 and a private plane.
All 121 people on board Helios Airways Flight 522 lose consciousness.
Continental Flight 1713 crashes on take-off in Denver amid heavy snow.
When the nuts and bolts of maintenance go unchecked, it can spell catastrophe in the air.
Flight 173 is troubleshooting a minor landing gear problem when the plane loses all four engines.
Investigators dig into three mid-air collisions that seem to defy logic.
Air Illinois Flight 710 crashes into an open pasture area in poor weather.
From the wreckage of three airplane crashes, survivors emerge to tell harrowing tales.
Three separate crews are pushed to the limit by the toughest landings on earth.
Crossair Flight #3597 is on its final approach to Zurich. But the pilots cannot find the runway.
With flames burning through the cabin floor, the crew attempts a return to the airport.
In Nepal, a passenger plane comes in like a fighter jet and crashes.
Reeve Aleutian Airlines Flight #8 is 19,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean when the propeller flies off.
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